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Pelajaran Hidup

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. 
All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.


I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.


I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.


I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.


I've learned that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you'd better know something.


I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.


I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.


I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.


I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it's to think.


I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. 
It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, 
but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. 
Same goes for true love!!

I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when 
I don't want to.

I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I've learned that if you don't want to forget something, just forgive then.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I've learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.

I've learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

I've learned that although the word "love" can have many different meaning, it loses value when overly used

because nobody's perfect

Sungguh saya sangat iri dengan Sri Mulyani. Betapa beruntungnya dia mendapatkan tawaran untuk menduduki jabatan sebagai Direktur Utama Bank Dunia. We are talking about the World Bank!! God, there must be something about this woman!

Dia pun dengan suka rela melepaskan jabatan sebagai Menteri Keuangan Republik Indonesia tercinta ini. Well, siapa yang akan menolak tawaran menggiurkan dan prestisius itu coba? Di tengah hujatan dan cercaan masyarakat negaranya sendiri tentang skandal Bank Century, Sri Mulyani justru dipercaya untuk memegang pucuk pimpinan Bank Dunia.

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Seandainya saya menjadi dia, saya juga akan melakukan hal yang sama. Bukan, bukan karena saya tidak cinta tanah air dan bangsa ataupun tidak patriotis. Sungguh bukan karena itu. Masalahnya adalah, masyarakat Indonesia benar-benar memegang dan menjunjung tinggi peribahasa "Karena nila setitik rusak susu sebelanga". Itu juga yang mereka anut ketika menghadapi skandal Bank Century ini. Sebelum menjabat di kabinet pemerintaha Indonesia, Sri Mulyani sudah malang melintang di dunia perekonomian dan keuangan dunia. Sudah pernah menjabat sebagai konsultan di Bank Dunia pula. Namun tiba-tiba dihujat dan dicerca oleh banyak orang meskipun pengusutan kasus Century ini belum selesai. Semua orang sudah menganggap dia bersalah.

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Seperti kasus Pak Harto, presiden yang memimpin bangsa kita tercinta ini selama 32 tahun. Taun 1997/1998 ketika reformasi bergulir, masyarakat Indonesia langsung menghujat, mencerca dan menganggap Pak Harto sebagai orang paling jahat dan paling nista di seantero Indonesia atau bahkan dunia. Mereka lupa bahwa bagaimana pun juga pak Harto adalah bapak Pembangunan dan pernah membawa Indonesia menjadi negara ber swasembada pangan pada tahun 1985. Entah semua ini karena peribahasa nila dan susu tadi yang terlalu mendarah daging pada masyarakat kita, atau karena budaya latah yang semakin menjadi. Beberapa gelintir orang berteriak "Hajar" maka semua orang akan ikut menghajar tanpa paham apa duduk permasalahan sebenarnya. Atau mungkin juga masyarakat kita sudah terjangkit epidemi darah tinggi, maka mereka semua mudah marah dan tersulut emosinya. entahlah, saya tidak yakin. Yang jelas saya sudah tidak yakin apakah saya masih bangga akan budaya Indonesia. Sudah tidak ada lagi masyarakat yang ramah tamah dan berbudi luhur. Yang ada sekarang adalah budaya bacok dan hajar dan hujat.

Sungguh saya sangat sedih dan prihatin....

Semoga Yang Maha Kuasa mengembalikan budaya dan watak bangsa Indonesia yang ramah tamah, sopan, dan menjunjung tinggi sopan santun dan nilai-nilai luhur bangsa. Amiiinn.....

saudadesssss......

Ok, it's not that i don't want to move on. it's not that i live in my past. it's not that i don't love my life right now. and it's not that i don't appreciate what i have and what i do right now.

i just wanna be honest, that there are a lot of things that i do really really miss.

My own apartment with my own queen bed, walk-in closet, and bathroom =( I do also miss my green queen couch close to my window with a pool view.

the beautiful friendships. never had such an intense friendship like that before. i love you, guys!!

B&J wild berry margarita and smirnoff mango!! deliciosooo..... =p

Belisa and her delicious food!!

pao de queijo..., the fake one and the real one lol

and of course, the beaches!!!!!!

Those good times maybe had already gone, but the memories will stay in my heart forever (ceileeee.... hahaha)

and the story starts..........

the first post!!

Finallyyyyyyy........... hahaha...

well, I've been writing since like almost 15 years ago, but this is my first blog =p

It's ashamed, i know...., but i don't even know why do i finally have this courage to write a blog.

Ok, about the title "life, love, and laugh". Simple, I'm living my life and my love with laugh =p Just trying to live my simple life and look for the bright side of each moment.

Oh, I hate bugs, especially butterfly!!

and caterpillar!! eeeewwww.......

i was gonna put a caterpillar pic, but then i thought that i'm not gonna open this blog anymore if i have to see that scary pic all the time hihihi...

I don't mind with these bugs though =)

Eventhough I hate bugs, but "nyanyian serangga" or "the bug's song" just sounds right in my ears. So, here it is..., my bug' songs.... ^_^